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Penetration Testing: Taking the Guesswork out of Vulnerability Management

Overview It is no longer good enough to simply identify potential problems on the network and systems. Security professionals must now know the real risks and implications of vulnerabilities and regularly test the effectiveness of network defenses. This white paper from IDC demonstrates how penetration testing software efficiently and easily helps address these challenges.

Download this IDC Executive Brief and see why penetration testing is necessary for organizations to:

Understand the actual risk to the business posed by specific vulnerabilities
Test the security of the network
Determine if current security investments are actually detecting and preventing attacks

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Core Security	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2007	Downloads	132
Format	White Papers
Topics	Anti-Hacking, Network Security, Security Applications, Security Management, Intrusion Detection Systems

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